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White Willow 7 albums

WHITE WILLOW are the leading Norwegian band of the 1990's Prog revival and were begun in 1992 by guitarist Jacob Holm-Lupo. The band was based around a nucleus of Holm-Lupo (guitars), Jan Tariq Rahman (keyboards, bass, guitars, wind instruments) , Audun Kjus (wind instruments, vocals), Sara Trondal (vocals), Eldrid Johansen (vocals), Alexander Engebretsen (5 string bass), Tirill Mohn (violin, classical guitar) and an unnamed drummer as well as a collection of guest musicians. Over a period of 2 years from December '92 to September '94 the band recorded a number of songs that would form their fist album, Ignis Fatuus, released in '95 by The Lasers Edge, the start of a long partnership with the American label, and signalling them as one of the leading groups in the revival of Progressive Rock along with bands like ANGLAGARD and ANEKDOTEN. The sound of this first album is largely characterised by mid paced, acoustic guitar and mellotron led Folk Prog, bringing to mind GRYPHON but with a touch of the more acoustic nature of early GENESIS and KING CRIMSON's first line-up. However, the two "epic" songs that close out the album showed a full electric band with a much more staunchly Symphonic approach. If there is two words than can be used to describe the bands music though, its melancholic and beautiful, two characteristics that would remain with the band and become the signature of their sound.

Symphonic Progressive Rock
Norway
1995-2013
MP3
tracks
320 kbps
07:09:10
Lossless

Albums
1995-Ignis Fatuus (320 kbps) [66:34]
1998-Ex Tenebris (320 kbps) [48:15]
2000-Sacrament (320 kbps) [48:09]
2004-Storm Season (320 kbps) [53:55] + japanse versie in flac
2006-Signal to Noise (320 kbps) [51:28]
2011-Terminal Twilight (320 kbps) [56:43]
2013-Ignis Fatuus (Remaster 2CD) (320 kbps) [104:01]